Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 231 / Monday, December 4, 2023 / Notices 84121 

The RHS is authorized under various 

sections of title V of the Housing Act of 

1949, as amended, to provide financial 

assistance to construct, improve, alter, 

repair, replace, or rehabilitate dwellings, 

which will provide modest, decent, safe, 

and sanitary housing to eligible 

individuals in rural areas. The 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, as amended, 

authorizes the credit programs of the 

RHS, RBCS and RUS to provide 

financial assistance for essential 

community facilities such as 

construction of community facilities 

and water and waste systems; and the 

improvement, development, and 

financing of businesses, industries, and 

employment. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

applicant/borrower, contractor, 

subcontractor, material supplier, 

equipment lessor, architect, engineer, 

manufacturer or sponsor of 

manufactured housing collects the 

required information. Rural 

Development provides forms and/or 

guidelines to assist in the collection and 

submission of information. The 

information is usually submitted via 

hand delivery or U.S. Postal Service to 

the Rural Development Field Office, 

although receipt through email or USDA 

Service Center’s eForms website is 

becoming more common. Occasionally, 

information is submitted directly to the 

Rural Development State Office. 

The information is used by Rural 

Development to determine whether a 

loan/grant can be approved, to ensure 

that Rural Development has adequate 

security for the loans financed, to 

provide for sound construction and 

development work and to determine 

that the requirements of the applicable 

acts have been met. The information is 

also used to monitor compliance with 

the terms and conditions of the loan/ 

grant and to monitor the prudent use of 

Federal funds. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 6. 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Title: 1980 Guaranteed Loan Common 

Forms Package. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business 

and Cooperative Service (RBCS) and 

Rural Utilities service (RUS) agencies 

within the Rural Development mission 

area, hereinafter referred to as Agency, 

is the credit Agency for agriculture and 

rural development for the United States 

Department of Agriculture. The Agency 

offers loans, grants and loan guarantees 

to help create jobs and support 

economic development and essential 

services such as housing; health care; 

first responder services and equipment; 

and water, electric and communications 

infrastructure. 

The Authorities that allow the Rural 

Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business 

and Cooperative Service (RBCS) and 

Rural Utilities service (RUS), Agencies 

within Rural Development (RD) are as 

follows: 

The RHS is authorized under various 

sections of Title V of the Housing Act 

of 1949, as amended, to provide 

financial assistance to construct, 

improve, alter, repair, replace, or 

rehabilitate dwellings, which will 

provide modest, decent, safe, and 

sanitary housing to eligible individuals 

in rural areas. The Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act, as 

amended, authorizes the credit 

programs of the RHS, RBCS and RUS to 

provide financial assistance for essential 

community facilities such as 

construction of community facilities 

and water and waste systems; and the 

improvement, development, and 

financing of businesses, industries, and 

employment. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

applicant/borrower, contractor, 

subcontractor, material supplier, 

equipment lessor, architect, engineer, 

manufacturer or sponsor of 

manufactured housing collects the 

required information. Rural 

Development provides forms and/or 

guidelines to assist in the collection and 

submission of information. The 

information is usually submitted via 

hand delivery or U.S. Postal Service to 

the Rural Development Field Office, 

although receipt through email or USDA 

Service Center’s eForms website is 

becoming more common. Occasionally, 

information is submitted directly to the 

Rural Development State Office. 

The information is used by Rural 

Development to determine whether a 

loan/grant can be approved, to ensure 

that Rural Development has adequate 

security for the loans financed, to 

provide for sound construction and 

development work and to determine 

that the requirements of the applicable 

acts have been met. The information is 

also used to monitor compliance with 

the terms and conditions of the loan/ 

grant and to monitor the prudent use of 

Federal funds. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 2. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26519 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Recordkeeping of D–SNAP 

Benefit Issuance and Commodity 

Distribution for Disaster Relief 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. This 

information collection addresses the 

recordkeeping burden associated with 

forms FNS–292A (Report of Commodity 

Distribution for Disaster Relief) and 

FNS–292B (Report of Disaster 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Benefit Issuance). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition 

Services, USDA, invites interested 

persons to submit written comments. 

• Preferred Method: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

• Regarding form FNS–292A, 

comments may be sent to Polly 

Fairfield, Chief, Food Distribution 

Policy Branch, Policy Division, Food 

and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, VA 22314, or via email to 

polly.fairfield@usda.gov. 

• Regarding form FNS–292B, 

comments may be sent to John ‘‘David’’ 

Noble, Chief, Program Modernization 

and Integration Branch, Program 

Development Division, Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, VA 22314, or via email to 

john.noble@usda.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. All comments will be 

a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 


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84122 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 231 / Monday, December 4, 2023 / Notices 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to David Noble, (703) 

305–4382 or to Polly Fairfield, (703) 

305–2746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions that were 

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Report of Disaster Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit 

Issuances and Report of Commodity 

Distribution for Disaster Relief. 

Form Number: FNS–292A and FNS– 

292B. 

OMB Number: 0584–0037. 

Expiration Date: 5/31/2024. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

pertains only to the recordkeeping 

burden associated with forms FNS– 

292A and FNS–292B. The reporting 

burden associated with these forms is 

approved under OMB No. 0584–0594 

(Food Program Reporting System; 

expiration date: 9/30/2026). The Food 

and Nutrition Service (FNS) utilizes 

forms FNS–292A and FNS–292B to 

collect information not otherwise 

available on the extent of FNS-funded 

disaster relief operations. Following 

OMB approval of this extension, this 

information collection will be merged 

with OMB Control # 0584–0336 

(expiration 11/30/2025) to streamline 

burden estimates related to disasters 

into one information collection. 

Form FNS–292A, Report of 

Commodity Distribution for Disaster 

Relief, is used by State distributing 

agencies, including Indian Tribal 

Organizations administering the Food 

Distribution Program on Indian 

Reservations (FDPIR), to provide a 

summary report to FNS following 

termination of disaster commodity 

assistance and to request replacement of 

donated foods distributed during the 

disaster or situation of distress. Donated 

food distribution in disaster situations is 

authorized under section 32 of the Act 

of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c); 

Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 

1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431); Section 709 of the 

Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 

U.S.C. 1446a-1); Section 4(a) of the 

Agriculture and Consumer Protection 

Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); and by 

sections 412 and 413 of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5179, 5180). 

Program implementing regulations are 

contained in part 250 of title 7 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In 

accordance with 7 CFR 250.69(f) and 7 

CFR 250.70(f), State distributing 

agencies shall provide a summary report 

to FNS within 45 days following 

termination of the disaster assistance 

and maintain records of these reports 

and other information relating to 

disasters. 

Form FNS–292B, Report of Disaster 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Benefit Issuance, is used by State 

agencies to report to FNS the number of 

households and persons certified for 

Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (D–SNAP) benefits 

as well as the value of benefits issued. 

D–SNAP is a separate program from the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) and is authorized by 

sections 402 and 502 of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 

and the temporary emergency 

provisions contained in section 5 of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and in 

7 CFR part 280 of the SNAP regulations. 

State agencies may request FNS 

approval to operate a D–SNAP to 

address the temporary food needs of 

certain households in affected areas 

following a disaster after certain criteria 

is met. If approved to operate D–SNAP 

by FNS, a State agency must submit its 

final FNS–292B to FNS within 45 days 

of terminating D–SNAP operations, and 

maintain records of this report. 

The number of disasters that will 

result in a State requesting to operate a 

FNS disaster food relief activity in a 

given year is impossible to predict. 

However, 55 is the maximum number of 

State distributing agencies that have 

ever utilized disaster commodity 

assistance in a given year. Accordingly, 

FNS is estimating this burden by 

assuming that, at maximum, 55 State 

distributing agency will distribute 

donated foods during a disaster or 

situation of distress once per year. In the 

case of State SNAP agencies, FNS is 

estimating this burden assuming that 

each State SNAP agency will request 

and be approved to operate D–SNAP 

once per year. 

Affected Public: State agencies that 

administer FNS disaster food relief 

activities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 55 

Food Distribution State agencies for 

Form FNS–292A; 53 State SNAP 

agencies for Form FNS–292B. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1 recordkeeping response 

per State distributing agency; 1 

recordkeeping responses per State 

SNAP agency. 1.964 responses per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

108. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Recordkeeping burden for the State 

agencies is estimated to be 7.5 minutes 

(.125 hours) per form (FNS–292A and 

FNS–292B) per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Recordkeeping burden for 

the State agencies is estimated to be 7.5 

minutes (.125 hours) per form (FNS– 

292A and FNS–292B) per respondent 

for a total of 14 hours (13.5 rounded up). 

Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

recordkeepers 

Number of 

records per 

recordkeeper 

Total annual 

records 

Estimated 

average 

number of 

hours per 

record 

Estimated total hours 

Record Keeping Burden 

Food Distribution State Agencies—Commodity 

Distribution Form FNS–292A.

55 1.00 55 0.125 6.875. 

State SNAP Agencies—D–SNAP Benefit 

Issuance Form FNS–292B.

53 1.00 53 0.125 6.625. 

Total Record Keeping Burden ....................... 55 1.964 108 0.1250 14 (13.5 rounded up). 


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Tameka Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26561 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket #: RBS–23–BUSINESS–0020] 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for the Rural Business Development 

Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2024 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBCS or the 

Agency) invites the submission of 

applications for grants under the Rural 

Business Development Grant (RBDG) 

Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024, 

subject to the availability of funding. 

This notice is being issued prior to 

passage of a FY 2024 Appropriations 

Act in order to allow applicants 

sufficient time to leverage financing, 

prepare and submit their applications, 

and give the Agency time to process 

applications within FY 2024. Based on 

FY 2023 appropriated funding, the 

Agency estimates that approximately 

$37,000,000 will be available for FY 

2024. Successful applications will be 

selected by the Agency for funding and 

subsequently awarded to the extent that 

funding may ultimately be made 

available through appropriations. All 

applicants are responsible for any 

expenses incurred in developing their 

applications. 

DATES: Complete applications may be 

submitted in paper or electronic format 

and must be received by 4:30 p.m. local 

time on February 28, 2024, in the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) Rural Development (RD) State 

Office for the State where the project is 

located. A list of the USDA RD State 

Offices can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/state-offices. 

ADDRESSES: This funding announcement 

will also be announced on 

www.Grants.gov. Applications must be 

submitted to the USDA RD State Office 

for the State where the project is 

located. For projects involving multiple 

states, the application must be filed in 

the RD State Office where the Applicant 

is located. Applicants are encouraged to 

contact their respective RD State Office 

for an email contact to submit an 

electronic application prior to the 

submission deadline date. A list of the 

USDA RD State Office contacts can be 

found at: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

about-rd/state-offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Sharp at lisa.sharp@usda.gov, or Cindy 

Mason at cindy.mason@usda.gov, 

Program Management Division, Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, MS 

3226, Room 5160—South, Washington, 

DC 20250–3226, or call (202) 720–1400. 

For further information on submitting 

program applications under this notice, 

please contact the USDA RD State Office 

in the State where the applicant’s 

headquarters is located. A list of RD 

State Office contacts is provided at the 

following link: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/state-offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

Federal Agency Name: Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS). 

Funding Opportunity Title: Rural 

Business Development Grant Program 

(RBDG). 

Announcement Type: Notice of 

Solicitation Announcement (NOSA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: 

RDBCP–RBDG–2024. 

Assistance Listing: 10.351. 

Dates: Complete applications may be 

submitted in paper or electronic format 

and must be received by 4:30 p.m. local 

time on February 28, 2024, in the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) Rural Development (RD) State 

Office for the State where the project is 

located. A list of the USDA RD State 

Offices can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/state-offices. 

Rural Development Key Priorities: The 

Agency encourages applicants to 

consider projects that will advance the 

following key priorities (more details 

available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

priority-points): 

• Assisting rural communities to 

recover economically through more and 

better market opportunities and through 

improved infrastructure. 

• Ensuring all rural residents have 

equitable access to RD programs and 

benefits from RD funded projects. 

• Reducing climate pollution and 

increasing resilience to the impacts of 

climate change through economic 

support to rural communities. 

A. Program Description 

1. Purpose of the Program. The 

purpose of the program is to promote 

economic development and job creation 

projects through the awarding of grant 

funds to eligible entities. Applications 

will compete in two separate categories, 

business opportunity grants and 

business enterprise grants, for use in 

funding various business and 

community projects that serve rural 

areas. 

Business opportunity projects must be 

in compliance with eligible uses as 

stated in 7 CFR 4280.417(a)(1) that 

include the establishment of business 

support centers or providing funds for 

job training and leadership development 

in rural areas. Business opportunity 

projects must be consistent with any 

tribal, local and area-wide strategic 

plans for community and economic 

development, coordinated with other 

economic development activities in the 

project area, and consistent with any RD 

State Strategic Plan. 

Business enterprise projects must be 

in compliance with eligible uses as 

stated in 7 CFR 4280.417(a)(2) and are 

to be used to finance or develop small 

and emerging businesses in rural areas. 

Enterprise grant purposes include 

projects for the acquisition and 

development of land, access streets and 

roads, the conversion or modernization 

of buildings, capitalization of revolving 

loan funds and the purchase of 

machinery and equipment for 

businesses located in a rural area. 

2. Statutory and Regulatory Authority. 

(a) RBDG Program: The RBDG 

Program is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 

1932(c) (https://www.govinfo.gov/link/ 

uscode/7/1932) and implemented by 7 

CFR part 4280, subpart E (https://

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/part-4280/ 

subpart-E). Assistance provided under 

the RBDG Program will be made to 

eligible entities and will be used for 

funding various business opportunity 

projects and business enterprise 

projects, as applicable, that serve Rural 

Areas. 

(b) Set-Aside Funding: The 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 

(Pub. L. 117–328), designated funding 

for Federally-Recognized Native 

American Tribes, Rural Empowerment 

Zone/Enterprise Communities/Rural 

Economic Area Partnerships, projects in 

Persistent Poverty Counties (as 

discussed below), Native American 

Persistent Poverty areas and for 

Strategic Economic and Community 

Development (SECD) projects in FY 

2023. 

Set-aside funding may or may not be 

made available through appropriations 

in FY 2024 where continued emphasis 

is given to financial assistance for 

projects located in these areas. For 

funding made available in FY 2023, 

eligible applicants for the Native 

American and Rural Empowerment 

Zone/Enterprise Communities/Rural 

Economic Area Partnership set-aside 

funds were required to demonstrate that 


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